eurocenter services and grants christian holstein cho@fi.dk ph:+45 35 44 62 95

EuroCenterServices and Grants

Christian Holsteincho@fi.dkph:+45 35 44 62 95

EuroCenter is:

• Information Center for the Danish Ministry of Science in relation to EU

• Part of the Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation

• National Contact Point (NCP) for EU’s 7th Framework Program

How may we help?

• Pamphlets• Information meetings• Courses and workshops• Reading proposals• Individual meetings• Phone and e-mail• www.rammeprogram.dk • Newsletter from the Agency’s (FI’s) website• Quarterly Journal ”EU-INFORMATION”

Pre-evaluation of ICT proposals

• Idea: A critical review of near-finished proposals done by experienced evaluators will help more proposers to be sucessful

• So far only FP7 ICT Call 4• Registration: March 3, 2009• Submission of full proposal for pre-evaluation:

March 23, 2009• Evaluation Summary Report from pre-evaluators

within 5 working days

Opportunities for (pre-contract) grants 1

• Forprojektordningen for SMV’er (SME Proposal Preparation funding scheme)

• Koordinatorpuljen (Coordinator funding scheme)

Opportunities for (pre-contract) grants 2

• START-funds (mostly for public researchers) from Danish Independent Research Council

• Network funds from the Danish Strategic Research Council

EuroCenter

• Forsknings- og Innovationsstyrelsen (Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation)• Bredgade 40• 1260 Copenhagen K.

• Phone: 3544 6240 • E-mail: eurocenter@fi.dk• Web: www.rammeprogram.dk or www.fi.dk